In more casting news coming out of Cannes, it seems that thriller Wild River has found its two leads amongst The Avengers and Star Trek. Screen Daily is reporting that Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Elizabeth Olsen (Avengers: Age of Ultron) have been tapped to headline the new film, which mark the directorial […]
Matt Bomer joins The Magnificent Seven
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Magic Mike XXL star Matt Bomer has joined the ensemble cast of Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven. Fuqua directs Denzel Washington (Training Day), Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Wagner Moura (Elite Squad), Haley Bennett (The Equalizer), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Luke Grimes (Fifty Shades […]
Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig to star in 20th Century Women
Annapurna Pictures have announced the cast for the new drama 20th Century Women, to be written and directed by Mike Mills (Beginners). Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) and Oscar winner Annette Bening (American Beauty) will headline the film, which is set to begin filming later this year in Southern California. Set in 1979, 20th […]
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson set to reteam for Shanghai Dawn
Website Tracking Board is tonight reporting news that MGM is readying a “threequel” to Shanghai Noon, which starred Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan. The third film, set to be called Shanghai Dawn, will see Wilson and Chan return to the roles of Roy O’Bannon and Chon Wang, which the duo played in 2000’s Shanghai Noon […]
Comic Book Review – C.O.W.L. #10
Zeb Larson reviews C.O.W.L. #10… After weeks of vicious attacks by Camden Stone and Geoffrey Warner’s villains, C.O.W.L. finally has a new contract with the city. Now, will Geoffrey be able to reign in the fabricated villains? Plus, Detective Evelyn Thompson confronts John Pierce’s killer. C.O.W.L. feels like it’s wrapping up much too soon, given […]
Noomi Rapace to play opera singer Maria Callas in new biopic
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus) has signed on to play the influential opera singer Maria Callas in a new romantic biopic entitled Callas, which is set to be directed by Niko Caro (Whale Rider, North Country) and will revolve around the passionate relationship she had with Aristotle Onassis over almost two […]
Alice Eve joins Please Stand By
Fresh from his success in with the underrated gem The Sessions, writer/director Ben Lewin is busy casting his new film, Please Stand By, which has reportedly added Alice Eve to the cast. According to the The Hollywood Reporter Eve, who starred in Star Trek Into Darkness, joins the already cast Dakota Fanning (Night Moves) and Sessions star […]
Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy
Natalie Portman has certainly been stacking up the projects lately. Following on from the news this month that the Oscar-winner has joined Annihilation and On the Basis of Sex, it’s now being reported that she’s set to take on the role of Jackie Kennedy. Portman will star in Jackie, a drama that follows the First […]
Asa Butterfield reportedly cast as Spider-Man
If reports are to be believed, it looks like Marvel and Sony may have settled on their new Spider-Man, with Umberto Gonzalez (a.k.a. former Latino-Review writer ElMayimbe) claiming that Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender’s Game) has been cast as the wall-crawler for his Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot and an official announcement will be made once the […]
TNT President provides an update on Teen Titans series
While Warner Bros.’ DC television output is set to expand this coming TV season with Supergirl [watch the trailer here] and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow [watch the trailer here], one project that is absent from this year’s slate is TNT’s planned Teen Titans adaptation Titans. Well, if you were concerned that the network had pulled […]
